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The future of healthcare depends on access to digital-first solutions rooted in diagnostic insights that support individuals along their health journey. Everly Health, isn’t just enabling a better lab testing experience, they’re enabling a better diagnostic experience through innovative products and clinical services that are insightful and actionable, leading to more comprehensive treatment with speed that offers overall better outcomes.Additionally, Everly Health
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17 Execs Share How Health IT Can Address Clinician Burnout, Staffing, & Capacity
Clinician shortage has reached a new level of urgency as we face rising demand and healthcare costs, according to a recent Accenture report. Healthcare workers are increasingly burned out and leaving the industry altogether in droves. Those who remain to do the work are overburdened. We ask seventeen healthcare IT executives for their insights on how health IT solutions could potentially help address clinician burnout, clinician staffing shortages, and deal with capacity.
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Vivante Expands Virtual GI Care with AI-Driven Care Plans
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- Vivante Health, a provider of digital digestive health solutions for employers and health plans, is expanding its GIThrive platform with enhanced technology that optimizes triage, telemedicine appointments with physicians in every state when needed, and more
- GIThrive’s virtual care model will now be powered by enhanced technology that facilitates triage, including access to all existing GIThrive features plus GI-related test ordering,
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OpenLoop Secures $15M for White-Label Telehealth Support
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- OpenLoop, a leader in white-label telehealth support services powering virtual and hybrid care across the country, today announced it has raised a $15M Series A funding.
- The round was led by Nava Ventures, with participation from new investors UnityPoint Health Ventures and PrimeTime Ventures, and existing investors SpringTide Ventures and ManchesterStory. The company also announced a new nationwide insurance payer network that allows clients to offer reimbursable
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TytoCare Receives FDA Clearance for AI-Powered Tyto Insights for Wheeze Detection
- TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, today announced that it received FDA clearance for its Tyto Insights for Wheeze Detection, paving the way for its rollout in the US.
- The wheeze detection algorithm expands the company’s existing AI-powered Tyto Insights™ smart diagnostic capabilities, filling the quality gaps currently experienced with traditional telehealth and alleviating challenges imposed by the ongoing shortage of healthcare
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FemTech Startup Iron Health Launches with $4.5M to Empower OB/GYNs
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- Built at Redesign Health, Iron Health, the tech-enabled, virtual care partner that empowers OB/GYNs and their patients today announced its official launch with $4.5 million in seed investment.
- March of Dimes both contributed funds to Iron Health as part of its seed as its first investment from its first Innovation Fund but is also a partner resource for the startup. Iron Health addresses the fragmentation between OB/GYN, primary,
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Opkit Launches First Insurance Verification Platform for Telehealth
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- Y Combinator startup Opkit emerges from stealth with an automated health insurance verification platform that is purpose-built for the new telehealth companies and virtual medical clinics that are providing care for a wide range of patients across the United States. The startup has raised more than $1M from Global Founders Capital, Mischief (Plaid founder Zach Perret's fund), Socially Financed, Y Combinator and Rex Salisbury, former partner at Andreessen
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Transcarent Acquires 98point6 AI-Powered Virtual Care Platform and Care Business
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- Transcarent, a health and care experience company that makes it easy for people to access high-quality, affordable care announced it will acquire AI-powered virtual care platform and care business of on-demand primary care company, 98point6. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed; however, insiders expect the deal to be valued at $100M.
- As part of the acquisition, hundreds of 98point6 enterprise customers including Boeing, Kindercare and
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IDS Taps Veta Health to Expand Virtual Care Offerings
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- Veta Health and Indiana-based Interactive Digital Solutions (IDS) announced their strategic partnership to expand IDS's virtual care offerings through an exclusive reseller agreement.
- The adoption of telehealth and virtual care has surged since the Covid-19 pandemic and the demand for solutions that extend beyond virtual visits is high. The partnership enables hospitals and health systems to contract with a single organization to provide a
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Ryse Health Secures $6.5M for Type 2 Diabetes Care
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- Ryse Health, a healthcare technology company that’s committed to pursuing a world free from chronic diseases and raising the bar on Type 2 Diabetes care raises $6.5M in Series A funding led by Route 66 Ventures. The round also included support from W Health and Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
- The company plans to use the funding to enable Ryse to continue to grow its team, strengthen its business operations, partner
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